Writing in Florida is, as the kids say, tearing it up: I don’t think I’ve ever written one of these columns where there was more going on. The 2017 SunLit… Read More
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Building a Dream: Preview of CONSTRUCT Group Art Exhibition
The Gallery AIA show CONSTRUCT is more than an art show. For artist-curator Nathan Beard, itäó»s the strengthening of a vision to connect art communities. CONSTRUCT opens with a reception… Read More
Watch Peter Suarez Transform Before Your Eyes in Studio@620’s ChaMEleon
ChaMEleon Thursday-Friday, April 27-28, 7 p.m. The Studio @620 , 620 First Ave. S., St. Petersburg Admission: $15 studio620.org In his one-man show ChaMEleon,æGulfport resident Peter Suarez reveals fragments… Read More
Review | Jeff VanderMeer’s Borne: Motherhood is a Beast
Farrar, Strauss and Giroux Release Date: April 25th Buy It Here I have been reading the work of Tallahassee-based Jeff VanderMeer for more than a decade, glorying in the bizarre… Read More
Totally groovy! Hairspray the Musical takes over American Stage in the Park
The song-and-dance version of John Waters’ cult classic can be enjoyed outdoors by the Bay at Demens Landing, St. Petersburg, through May 14. Bust out the Aquanet! American Stage celebrates… Read More
5 Things to Do
April 21 – 27 Kenny G is playing in Clearwater tonight . . . but letäó»s not talk about that. Sure, we gave a (totally sincere!) little shout out to… Read More
Arts In Podcast – James Oleson
“We’re surrounded by materials. So there’s no reason to not make things.” If you’ve been in downtown St. Pete you have seen James Oleson’s work. The sculptor and muralist shares… Read More
Review | RoundSquare
Curator Katherine Gibson eliminated person after person on her computer screen as she sifted through the works of 25 artists until she was left with the remaining four whose work… Read More
Keeping it Noodle with Eva Avenue
Visual art and writing find themselves intersecting in many places and people. A dynamicæand local example is Eva Avenue. Avenue is a contributor for this publication as well as a… Read More
Interview | Sarah Gerard
Known for the questionable mental state of its citizens in a land of concrete slabbed over mangroves and sand, I remember living out West for years and when someone found… Read More


